Re: [Usability] Mac-style menus?

[Frans Englich <frans englich telia com>]

On Thursday 28 October 2004 14:15, Sean Middleditch wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 01:06 +0000, Frans Englich wrote:
> > We don't design -- we let the users do that.
>
> *bing*  The entire problem summed up in one perfect little line.  ~_^
>
> Back somewhat on topic, the problem with doing it just in KDE, and not
> in a desktop-neutral fashion, is that half the apps you might run on
> your desktop will have this Mac OS style menu bar, and half won't.
> Certainly Mozilla/Firefox, OpenOffice.org, any GTK/GNOME apps, any
> legacy UNIX apps, none of these will work with this system.

(and what is the spec's intention..?)

>
> And then, of course, the fact that simply putting the menu up there
> isn't really a complete solution.  Mac OS doesn't differ solely in
> putting the menu in a consistent location - it differs by having an
> actual design to those menus which makes sense given the global menu
> bar.

I haven't used Mac OS, but IIRC from screenshots and the like, they have a 
design which emphasizes the document centralization, by making the File menu 
etc document specific, and having a separate application menu. I don't know 
-- feel free to elaborate, I would surely like to hear more.

However, while the layout of the menu may make the central menu bar even 
better(or even complete), I think the central menu bar can be an improvement, 
I find aspects which aren't affected by what's in it. Or can using a central 
menu bar be a downgrade depending on how one layout the content, and if so, 
in what way?


Cheers,

		Frans